BIRDS—PtRDICIDAE. 649 The preceding species of Perdicidae are all that are known with certainty to inhabit the UnitedStates. The following are stated to occur in California, but none have been seen there byreliable observers. They probably all belong to Lower California, or to the western coast ofMexico.EUPSYOHORTYX CRISTATUS, Gould. Tetrao cristatus, Linn. I, 1766, 27V. Eupsychortyx cristatus, Gould, Mon. Odont. pl. ix. Ortyx temminckii, Stephens, Shaw's Zool. XI, 1819, 381. Ortyx neoxenus. Vigors, Pr. Comm. Sc. Zool. Soc. I, 1830, 3,—Bennett, Gardens and Menag. II, 1838, 311, cut,—Aud. Synopsis, 1839, 200.—Ib, Birds Amer. V, 1842, 71 ; pl. 292. Perdix neoxenus, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 226 ; pl. 422. Lophortyx neoxenus, Nuitai,l, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 792.Lophortyx elegans, Nuttall. Ortyx degans. Lesson, "Traite d'Ornith. 1831."—Is. Cent. Zool. pl. 61. Lophortyx elegans, Ndttall, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 792. Callipepla elegans, Gould, Mon. Odont. pl. xviii. Ortyx spilogaster. Vigors, Pr. Comm. Sc. Zool. Soc. II, 1832, 4, Mexico.Lophortyx douglassii, Bonap. Ortyx douglassii. Vigors, Zool. Jour. IV, 1829, 354.—Is. Zool. Beechey's Voyage, 1839, 2.7, pl. xi.—Douglass, Linn. Trans. XVI, 1829, 145.^—Jard. & Selby, 111. pl. cvii. Lophortyx douglassii, Bon. List, 1838.—Nuttall, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 793.Ortyx fasciatus, Natterer. Ortyx fasciatus, Natterer,. MSS.—Gould, Pr. Zool. Soc. XI, 1843, 133. California. ' Ortyx douglasii.—Bill brown ; crest hnear, black, one inch long. Irides hazel red. Body fuscous-brown, with a mixture olead color and rusty or yellow streaks. Throat whitish, with brown spots. Belly foxy red or tawny white, spotted. Quill featherseighteen'. Scapulars and outer coverts bright brown. Under coverts light reddish brown. Tail of twelve unequal, roundedfeathers. Legs reddish. Length nine inches. Girth twelve inches. Weight ten ounces. Flesh pleasant, dark colored. July 21, 1858. 82 b